| neurotoxicity, anticoagulant activity and evidence of rhabdomyolysis in patients bitten by death adders (acanthophis sp.) in southern papua new guinea. | thirty-two patients with enzyme-immunoassay-proven death adder (acanthophis sp.) bites were studied in port moresby, papua new guinea. eighteen were envenomed; local signs were rare and none had incoagulable blood, but all except one had signs of neurotoxicity. five (27.7%) envenomed patients required intubation and ventilation. one patient developed renal failure, previously undescribed following death adder bites. laboratory investigations showed mild prolongation of prothrombin and partial th ... | 1996 | 8730340 |